Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (716) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (716) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 8 of 716 Results →
  • Article

The Scandal Effect

By: Boris Groysberg, Eric Lin, George Serafeim and Robin Abrahams
Executives with scandal-tainted companies on their résumés pay a penalty on the job market, even if they clearly had nothing to do with the trouble. Because the scandal effect is lasting, a company you left long ago could have an impact on your current and future job... View Details
Keywords: Misconduct; Career; Career Management; Career Changes; Executive Leadership; Executive Development; Crime and Corruption; Executive Compensation; Personal Development and Career; Management Skills; Management Teams
Related
  • December 2010
  • Article

Life in the Fast Lane: Origins of Competitive Interaction in New vs. Established Markets

By: Eric L. Chen, Riitta Katila, Rory McDonald and Kathleen M. Eisenhardt
Prior work examines competitive moves in relatively stable markets. In contrast, we focus on less stable markets where competitive advantages are temporary and R&D moves are essential. Using evolutionary search theory and an experiential simulation with in-depth... View Details
Keywords: Balance and Stability; Competitive Advantage; Supply and Industry
Related

    Andreessen Horowitz

    This teaching case profiles Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), a venture capital firm launched in 2009 that quickly broke into the VC industry's top ranks. The case recounts the firm's history; describes its co-founders' motivations and their strategy for disrupting an... View Details

    • 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 24 Sep 2015
    • Webinars: Career

    Transitioning Beyond Your First or Second Post-HBS Job

    Are you thinking of making a job change? Unlike other career moves, the moves early in your career may be different than those later in life. Conducting honest self-assessment and redefining your career vision are often essential to determining next steps in an early... View Details
    • Research Summary

    Research

    The founding and expansion of new firms is central to innovation and economic growth, but the determinants of a new idea’s success are difficult to ascertain. The decision to form a new firm and its ultimate outcome are impacted by ownership structure, financing... View Details

    • 29 Oct 2024
    • HBS Seminar

    Lynn Wu, Wharton

    • 10 Nov 2015
    • First Look

    November 10, 2015

    share prices prior to turnover are not. A corollary is that a firm with poor stock market performance cannot, or will not, raise new capital unless the current CEO is replaced. Publisher's link:... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

      Ashish Nanda

      Ashish Nanda is Senior Lecturer and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator at Harvard Business School. From 2018 to 2021, he was course head for the MBA Required Curriculum course in Strategy. Beginning in 2022, he is teaching an MBA Elective... View Details

      Keywords: executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search
      • June 2018
      • Article

      Personal and Social Usage: The Origins of Active Customers and Ways to Keep Them Engaged

      By: Clarence Lee, Elie Ofek and Thomas Steenburgh
      We study how digital service firms can develop an active customer base, focusing on two questions. First, how does the way that customers use the service postadoption to meet their own needs (personal usage) and to interact with one another (social usage) vary across... View Details
      Keywords: Customer Engagement; Adoption Routes; Word-of-Mouth; Digital Marketing; Bayesian Estimation; Customers; Communication; Consumer Behavior; Marketing; Internet and the Web; Analytics and Data Science
      Related
      • Research Summary

      Market Triads: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Market Intermediation (Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior, June 2002)

      By: Rakesh Khurana
      This paper examines the role of executive search firms in CEO search. The paper argues that the numerical shift from two party market transactions (e.g. buyers and sellers) to three party transactions (e.g. buyers, sellers, and third party) transforms market exchanges... View Details
      • March 2023
      • Case

      Best Buy: Renew Blue (A)

      By: Sunil Gupta, Dave Habeeb and Amram Migdal
      Preabstract: The A Video Case should be assigned to students in advance of class. The B case is intended to be used in class by educators and the C case can be assigned to students during or after class. The product is designed as a low-prep case for students, with... View Details
      Keywords: Job Offer; Retail Industry
      Related
      • 08 Mar 2016
      • First Look

      March 8, 2016

      https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50668 forthcoming Journal of Marketing Research Design of Search Engine Services: Channel Interdependence in Search Engine Results By: Edelman, Benjamin, and... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • September 2019 (Revised May 2021)
      • Case

      pymetrics: Early Days

      By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
      In 2013, CEO Frida Polli was contemplating the next steps for her start-up business, pymetrics. After receiving her PhD in neuropsychology and MBA from HBS, she was determined to put her scientific and academic knowledge to work to build a business solving real world... View Details
      Keywords: BrainTech; Psychology; Hiring; Games; Entrepreneur; Start-up; Start-up Growth; Strategic Change; Strategy Formulation; Recruiting; Corporate Culture; Hiring Of Employees; Start-ups; Startup; Startups; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Business Startups; Strategy; Competition; Organizational Culture
      Related
      • 06 Nov 2018
      • First Look

      New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

      forthcoming Management Science Patent Trolls: Evidence from Targeted Firms By: Cohen, Lauren, Umit Gurun, and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract—We provide the first large-sample evidence on the behavior and impact of nonpracticing entities... View Details
      Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
      • December 2005
      • Article

      Up to Code: Does Your Company's Conduct Meet World-Class Standards?

      By: Lynn Paine, Rohit Deshpandé, Joshua D. Margolis and Kim Eric Bettcher
      Codes of conduct have long been a feature of corporate life. Today, they are arguably a legal necessity—at least for public companies with a presence in the United States. But the issue goes beyond U.S. legal and regulatory requirements. Sparked by corruption and... View Details
      Keywords: Business Ethics; Standards Of Conduct; Globalized Firms and Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance
      Related
      • 29 Jul 2020
      • Blog Post

      To New Beginnings: Reflecting on Transitioning Careers and Starting a Family while at HBS

      Erin wanted to write this article because before starting school she would furiously google key terms like “pregnant and in business school” and “moms and business school” and every other variation of the same. However, for her, these View Details
      • 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 13 Dec 2016
      • Webinars: Trending@HBS

      Buying a Small Business: How to Take Advantage of Big Opportunities

      There are over 1 million smaller firms in North America and each year thousands and thousands come up for sale, principally as founders retire. Acquiring the right kind of smaller firm offers very compelling economic rewards, and you can become CEO of one of these... View Details
      • Research Summary

      Social Learning

      One major area of my research is social learning: the ways and extent to which people discover what they want and need from the behavior and opinions of others.  Social learning takes many forms.  Probably most obvious is word of mouth—the advice and... View Details

      • 10 Jun 2008
      • First Look

      First Look: June 10, 2008

      http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708440 Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. Harvard Business School Case 408-066 As CEO of leading executive search firm Heidrick &... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 03 Mar 2003
      • What Do You Think?

      Are Conditions Right for the Next Accounting Scandal?

      same accounting firm, suggest hiring someone else, even though accountants for both clients insist that proper barriers are maintained within their firm. A search for another Big Four accounting firm is... View Details
      Keywords: by James Heskett; Accounting; Financial Services